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EU Task Force sees improvements in Greece, tends to damaged ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe media have all taken their toll on the bonds between Greece and its European partners. An opinion poll... absorption of cohesion funds shows that all is not lost. In this time of crisis, they have provided
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Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
PoliticsGreek Politics. It is hard to see how this document will have any impact on talks with Greece’s lenders. After all, the policy framework drawn up last year by the three parties put one goal above all others: Renegotiation
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The euro debate Greece is not having
Agoraall this is worth it if there is light at the end of tunnel but that is not true in Greece's case... macroeconomic standards – euro. So, all the adjustment will need to come from Greece and other peripheral
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomymilestone is the agreement with the troika on all pending issues, which include agreeing... by ECB, NCBs, EU and European Investment Bank. All macro assumptions remain unchanged compared
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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agoraposition (it means little) but the change since 2006. All the peripheral countries lost positions and became less competitive, while all the core countries improved their rankings. This allows us
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One in four Greeks in severe material deprivation; a eurozone outlier
SocietyGreece has the sixth highest rate of severe material deprivation among 30 European countries, with the lack of access to basics rising substantially for almost all age groups last year, according... Greece. ELSTAT’s figures show that material deprivation increased in all age groups, with only
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Fraud probe at Hellenic Postbank a sign of bigger things to come?
PoliticsGreek Politicsbrought to book now that the damaging effects of this corruption have been revealed to all. Since last... into a “good” and “bad” bank. The former took over all deposits and sound assets, had been granted
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A macroeconomic assessment of the Cypriot economy after the haircut
Agorabalance sheet recession and deleveraging process. Overall, for all the above reasons, a V-shaped... path unless its partners come to the rescue with all their might, and with the best of strategic plans
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Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
Agorathis deficit is all the more reason to consider the publication by Wolfgang Streeck timely and appropriate... in the day? The evidence was there for all to see from 2011. What remains in the euro area crisis
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Divisions on center left blight launch of Greek Olive Tree alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsto highlight their divisions. The Olive Tree was meant to bring together all the disparate groups... of just 8 percent, which is the lowest among all Greece’s political leaders and one point below Golden
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